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Saral Krishi Bima Scheme: Rs 28.26 lakhs have been transferred to dairy farmers
Thiruvananthapuram 23 June 2023
A total of Rs. 28,26,360 has been handed over to dairy farmers in Kannur and Kasaragod districts under the Saral Krishi Bima scheme jointly implemented by Agriculture Insurance Company of India and Milma-Malabar Region for dairy farmers. The highest number of beneficiaries were from Kannur district . 20,50,200/- was sanctioned to 1315 dairy farmers,
Rs. 7,76160/- has been transferred to 887 farmers in Kasaragod district.
At a function held in Thiruvananthapuram, Milma Chairman Mr. KS Mani, Malabar Region Cooperative Milk Producers Union  MD Dr. P Murali, Milma Directors Mr. Narayanan, Mr. Sudhakaran .K, Agriculture Insurance Company of India officers Mr. Bharathi Vajravelu, Mr. Varun.S, Dr. PR Praseeda were present.
The project is aimed at solving the shortfall in milk production caused by the severe summer heat in the months of April-May. In the first phase, the project was implemented in six districts namely Palakkad, Wayanad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod. Around 15000 dairy farmers have already joined the scheme. Under the scheme, fixed premium amount will be distributed as subsidy to dairy farmers. The maximum sum insured is Rs.2000.
For more details about the scheme, contact toll free number - 18004257064
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Approval accorded under PLI Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials / Drug Intermediates and APIs
The Applications of following companies, which have committed more than the minimum proposed annual production capacities and fulfil the prescribed criteria have been approved under Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials /Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients  in the country:
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S.No.
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Name of approved Applicant
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Name of Eligible Product
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Committed Production Capacity

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Committed Investment

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1.
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M/s Aurobindo Pharma Limited 
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Penicillin G
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15000
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1392
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2.
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M/s Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
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7 - ACA
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1000
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275
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3.
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M/s Aurobindo Pharma Limited 
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2000
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813
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4.
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M/s Aurobindo Pharma Limited 
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Erythromycin Thiocyanate 
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1600
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834
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5.
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M/s Kinvan Pvt. Ltd.
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Clavulanic Acid
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300
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447.17
The setting up of these plants will lead to total committed investment of Rs. 3,761 cr. by the companies and employment generation of about 3,825. The commercial production is projected to commence from 1st April, 2023 and the disbursal of production linked incentive by the Government over the six years period would be up to a maximum of Rs. 3,600 cr. Setting of these plants will make the country self-reliant to a large extent in respect of these Bulk drugs.
With an objective to attain self-reliance and reduce import dependence in these critical Bulk Drugs - Key Starting Materials / Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients  in the country, the Department of Pharmaceuticals had launched a Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for promotion of their domestic manufacturing by setting up greenfield plants with minimum domestic value addition in four different Target Segments  with a total outlay of Rs. 6,940 cr. for the period 2020-21 to 2029-30.
The applications under four different Target Segments were invited with 30th November, 2020 as the last date. In total, 215 applications have been received for the 36 products spread across the 4 Target Segments. The guidelines prescribed that the applications would be processed and decided within a period of 90 days, i.e., up to 28th February, 2021.
The Target Segment-I includes 4 Eligible Products, viz., Penicillin G; 7-ACA; Erythromycin Thiocyanate  & Clavulanic Acid, in which the country is presently fully import dependent, were considered on priority as per the decided evaluation and selection criteria.
Further, applications under the other three segments are proposed to be taken up for approval in the next 45 days.
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is the 3rd largest in the world by volume. It has high market presence in several advanced economies such as the US and EU. The industry is well known for its production of affordable medicines, particularly in the generics space. However the country is significantly dependent on the import of basic raw materials, viz., Bulk Drugs that are used to produce medicines.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Children impacted by Covid-19 Pandemic being provided Tele Counselling through SAMVEDNA
With an objective of providing psychological first-aid and emotional support to children affected during COVID-19 Pandemic, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights is providing Tele-Counselling to children through SAMVEDNA - a Toll-Free Helpline launched to provide psycho-social mental support for Children affected during COVID 19 Pandemic. Tele-counselling is being provided through a network of qualified Experts/Counselors/Psychologists trained under the guidance of Dr. Shekhar Seshadri, Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and his team from NIMHANS, on various psychosocial issues in reference to COVID-19, using different Tele counselling strategies.
SAMVEDNAtele counselling service is for psychological support to children to address their stress, anxiety, fear and other issues during the Pandemic. This service is available on a toll-free No: 1800-121-2830 from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. This service is exclusively for children who are willing to talk and arein need of counseling. When a child/ caretaker/Parent dials SAMVEDNA1800-121-2830,they get to speak to a professional counselor in a safe environment. Tele counselling is provided to the children under three categories:
1.Children who are in Quarantine/isolation/COVID Care centers.
2.Children who have COVID positive parents or family members and near ones.
3. Children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
This Toll-free Tele-Counselling cater to the children from all over India in various regional languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali etc. This service was launched in September,2020 and continuing to support children in the difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic.
NCPCRis a statutory body and works under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India.
Special Service and Features
Benefits of emerging technologies should be made available to the entire society: Electronics & IT Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma
Thiruvananthapuram 04 March 2023
Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT  Shri. Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS has said that the government aims to make India a global leader in the field of artificial intelligence. The government is trying to provide quality connectivity and affordable mobile phones, computers and data to people across the country. The IT Secretary pointed out that this will take the country to the next level of development. He was speaking in Thiruvananthapuram at a technology transfer event of Center for Development of Advanced Computing  under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
C-DAC in association with Regional Cancer Centre , Thiruvananthapuram has successfully developed a product suite cerviSCAN for efficient screening of Cervical cancer. The product suite developed by CDAC has been put to validate in multiple centres across the country and has been used for screening of over 10,000 women. C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram is signing a ToT agreement with M/s Sertel Electronics Pvt Ltd in presence of MeitY secretary Shri. Alkesh Kumar Sharma at C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram
Electronics & IT Secretary also launched the Portable Tetra Base Station developed by the Department of Communication Technology, C DAC. TetraCommunication as prescribed by the European Telecommunication Standards Institute
It is a standards-based secure, reliable and efficient wireless communication system. This technology is intended for communication needs of police, other public safety systems, essential services , coast guard, border security, metro railway etc. CTN is a collection of about twenty five different products including base stations, mobile terminals, dispatch units, voice loggers and gateways to connect to other communication systems.
Electronics and Information Technology Department Group Coordinator Smt. Sunitha Varma, State Industries Principal Secretary Shri. Suman Billa, C DAC Thiruvananthapuram Director Sri. Kalai Selven and others participated in the function.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 72.70 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 4.90 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs with more than 8 Lakh doses in Pipeline
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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72,70,48,325
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PIPELINE
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8,25,000
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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4,90,36,525
More than 72.70 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.Further, more than8 Lakh doses  are in the pipeline.
More than 4.90Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
13th Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices  of BRICS Countries for Release of Joint Statistical Publication  2021 and JSPSnapshot 2021
- The 13th Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices of BRICS  Countries was held in virtual format under the Chairship of India on 28th October 2021. Dr. G. P. Samanta, Chief Statistician of India and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , Government of India chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives from the National Statistical Offices  of BRICS Countries.
- During the meeting, the Joint Statistical Publication  2021 and JSPSnapshot 2021 for BRICS Countries werereleased. The first chapter of JSP 2021 provides a general information with comparable statistics of the five countries, while the other 14 chapters reflect the different aspects of the past development and current status of the individual countries. In addition, NSO India has also brought out the first BRICS JSPSnapshot 2021, a shorter version of BRICS Joint Statistical Publication, 2021, for engagement of wide range of users, as per the agreement by the member countries.
- The theme of meeting was “NSOs efforts in monitoring Sustainable Development Goals ” wherein speakers from BRICS NSOs highlighted efforts taken so far as well as future plan in terms of data and methodologies in monitoring of SDGs.
- The BRICS Heads of NSOs acknowledged the importance of collaboration and exchange of best practices on a regular basis to bridge the data gaps to support policy makers in evidence-based decision making.
- The Reports JSP 2021 and JSP Snapshot 2021 are available at https://mospi.gov.in/.
Election Commission
Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal – Regarding.
There are following clear vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of various States, which need to be filled up:
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Sl. No.
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State
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Number & Name of Assembly Constituency
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1
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Arunachal Pradesh
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12 – Pakke-Kasang 
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28 – Likabali 
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2
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Tamil Nadu
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11 – Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
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3
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Uttar Pradesh
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207-Sikandra
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4
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West Bengal
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226-Sabang
After taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill these vacancies as per the programme mentioned as under: -
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Poll Events
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Schedule
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Date of Issue of Gazette Notification
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27.11.2017 
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Last Date of Nominations
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04.12.2017 
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Date for Scrutiny of Nominations
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05.12.2017 
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Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures
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07.12.2017 
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Date of Poll
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21.12.2017 
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Date of Counting
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24.12.2017 
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Date before which election shall be completed
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26.12.2017 
ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Rolls of the Assembly Constituencies 12-Pakke Kasang  and 28-Likabali  of Arunachal Pradesh, 11-Dr. Radhakrishnann Nagar of Tamil Nadu, 207-Sikandra of Uttar Pradesh and 226-Sabang of West Bengal, revised with reference to 01.01.2017 as the qualifying date will be used for bye-election.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES  and VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-elections in all the pollingstations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been taken toensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identificationshall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- elections at the time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards  shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter isdeprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the said bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district inwhich the whole or any part of the Assembly Constituency going for bye-election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/6/INST/2016-CCS, dated 29th June, 2017 . The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government for the State concerned.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi : 24th November,2017
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Measures for Population Control
The Government has been implementing the National Family Planning Program which provides voluntary and informed choices to the beneficiaries through a target free approach with the objective of checking population increase in the country.
A National Population Policy has been formulated in the year 2000 with the long-term objective of attaining population stabilisation by 2045.
Various initiatives have been taken under the National Family Planning Program providing broad range of services mentioned as follows:
- New Contraceptive Choices: The current contraceptive basket comprising of Condoms, combined oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraceptive pills, Intrauterine contraceptive uterine device  and sterilization has been expanded with inclusion of two new contraceptives- Injectable contraceptive  and Centchroman 
- Post-partum Intrauterine contraceptive device incentive scheme under which PPIUCD services are provided post delivery.
- Compensation scheme for sterilization acceptors which provides compensation for loss of wages to the beneficiary and also to the service provider and team for conducting sterilisation.
- National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme  under which clients are compensated in the eventualities of death, complication and failure following sterilization operations.
- Family Planning Logistics Management Information System : dedicated software has been launched to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distribution of family planning commodities across all the levels of health facilities.
- Mission ParivarVikas: Mission ParivarVikas has been introduced for substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in seven high
focus states having TFR of more than 3 namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam..
- Scheme for Home Delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries has been taken up.
- Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing Kits in the drug kits of ASHA for use in communities.
The National Family Planning Programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is working closely with the states and UTs to provide technical support and guidance under overall tenets of the National Population Policy 2000 and oversees its implementation.
The following schemes provide for involvement of private partnerships for provisioning of Family Planning services:
- Accreditation/ Empanelment of private facilities/providers: The private facilities/providers are accredited/ empanelled through State/District Quality Indemnity sub committee for provision of free sterilization services. The accredited facilities are also provided indemnity coverage.
- Clinical Outreach Teams  Scheme provides for family planning services through mobile teams from accredited organizations in far-flung, underserved and geographically difficult areas in the seven Mission ParivarVikas States namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam.
The Minister of State , Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
Ministry of Steel
Independence Day Celebrated with Patriotic Fervor and Gaiety at RINL
The RINL-Vizag Steel Plant today joined the Nation in celebrating the 76th Independence Day with patriotic fervor and gaiety in Ukkunagaram. Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL hoisted the National Flag, took the salute accorded by the CISF Jawans at the sprawling Trishna Grounds in the Ukkunagaram, today.
Addressing the employees and their family members on the occasion, Shri Atul Bhatt extended his warm Independence Day greetings to all the employees of RINL and their family members, to the members of CISF, Home Guards and Principals, Teachers and students of different schools, Suppliers, Customers, Partners, Stakeholders and each one of our well-wishers who have been associated with RINL in its long journey.
“An intensive nationwide yearlong campaign Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is being celebrated which focuses on citizen participation, to be converted into a 'Janandolan', where small changes, at the local level, adds up to significant national gains. As a part of these celebrations, a special campaign “Har Ghar Tiranga” has been launched to encourage citizens to display the Tri colour in their houses from 13th to 15th of this month” Shri Atul Bhatt added.
Highlighting RINL’s commitment to Atma Nirbhar Bharat, Shri Atul Bhatt said that RINL continuous follow-up with the consortium partners led to the stabilization of production of forged wheels at Forged Wheel Plant at Rae Bareli and said that it gives him happiness to announce that, the hot trials for production of LHB wheels has successfully completed and waiting for RDSO clearance to commence regular production from this month itself .
Highlighting the initiatives and achievements of RINL, Shri Atul Bhatt stated that as a cost saving measure, slime consumption has increased up to an average of 24% in 2022-23 from an average of 21% in 2021-22, PCI rate has been increased to 110 kg/tHM from a level of 100 kg/tHM in 2021-22.We have also started procuring 58% Fe Iron Ore Fines from OMDC for blending with 64% Fe Iron Ore Fines from NMDC.
During the period, RINL focused on maximizing the percentage of High end value added steel production in total Saleable steel . To remain in the competitive market, various new grades such as Boron Steels, Chromium steel etc., are being added to the product basket aiming at niche markets. In the first four months of this financial year 3 new grades and 2 new sections were developed and product portfolio was diversified. Efforts were made to maximize the contribution of available production by focusing on Product mix & Geo Mix. During the period Apr-Jul’22 we have achieved increased sales of High end Value added steel to 31% of the total domestic sales from a level of 23 % in CPLY and the share of sales in high NSR regions  was increased to 58% from 53% in CPLY.
As part of Independence Day celebrations, cultural programmes by the ukkunagaram schools Kendriya vidyalaya, delhi public school, DAV public school, Aurobindo, Shristi World school and Ukku Umang reflecting patriotic fervor have enthralled the audience.
PIB Headquarters
Financial Results of the Indian Bank for the quarter ended June 2019
While addressing the media persons, on Indian Bank’s Reviewed Financial Results for the Quarter ended June 30, 2019 Ms. Padmaja Chunduru, Managing Director & CEO, said that the Board of Directors at their meeting held in Chennai on August 05th 2019 approved the Bank’s results for the Quarter. She has presented certain highlights of the financial results for the quarter as follows:
Business :
- Global Business: Rs.425793 Cr increased by 14%
- Global Deposits: Rs.241457 Cr increased by 15%
- Global Advances: Rs.184336 Cr increased by 12%
- Well diversified Loan Bank with RAM Sector constituting 60% 
- Robust growth in Retail increased by 24% & Agriculture sector increased by 25% with MSME growing by 10%
Operational efficiency :
- Total Income: Rs.5832 Cr increased by 14%
- Interest Income: Rs.5138 Cr increased by 9%
- Other Income: Rs.695 Cr increased by 58%
- Net interest income: Rs.1785 Cr decreased by 1%
- Domestic NIM: 2.85%
- Operating profit: Rs.1374 Cr increased by 6%
- Net profit: Rs. 365 Cr increased by 75%
Asset Quality:
- Gross NPA ratio: 7.33% Net NPA ratio: 3.84%
- Progressive reduction in accretion of fresh NPAs: Rs.1035 Cr as against Rs.1391 Cr in the year ago period.
- Slippage ratio 2.47% decreased by 136 bps and Credit cost 1.04% decreased by 12 bps YoY
- Healthy build up of PCR-66.34% increased by 196 bps YoY and increased by 62 bps 
Capital Adequacy:
- CAR: 13.62% vis-à-vis 13.64%  and 13.21% . Of which: Total Tier I: 11.72%  and Tier II 1.90%.
- Capital of Rs.295.48 Cr raised in May 2019 under Employees Stock Purchase Scheme .
- Networth: Rs.16463 Cr 
- Book value per share: Rs.334.93 
Business netword:
- Pan India presence with 9791 touch points comprising 2872 domestic branches. 3885 ATM/BNAs and 3034 BCs
- Sponsor of 3 Regional Rural Banks  in the State of Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh and Union Territory of Puducherry – 933 Branches with Business of Rs.36,293 Cr.
Recognitions:
- ‘Best Bank 2017-18’ under Nationalised Bank category-Finanacial Express
- Voted as a ‘Trusted Bank’ in the Nationalised Banks Category April 2019 – Readers Digest
- 2nd Runner-up in Mid-Size Bank Category at Magna Awards 2019 for Best Banks-Business Word
- First among PSBs for Excellence in performance under “SHG Bank Linkage Programme” in Tamil Nadu for FY 2018-19-NABARD